Systems and Methods for Redeeming User Activity Level for Virtual Currency

1. A method comprising: at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: obtaining user activity information, wherein the user activity information at least includes a motion parameter reporter by an activity sensor of an electronic device associated with the user; determining a user activity level of the user according to the user activity information; determining one or more user activity types in which the user is or has been involved in accordance with the user activity information including the motion parameter, wherein the motion parameter includes information indicating a manner of activity or movement the user is involved in, and the manner of the activity or the movement the user is involved in includes one or more of: an acceleration associated with the activity or the movement a direction or orientation associated wit the activity or the movement, or a type of environment in which the activity or the movement takes place; and computing an in-application credit based at least in part on the determined user activity level and the determined one or more user activity types, wherein the in-application credit can be redeemed by the user in an associated application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user activity level is determined in accordance with one or more of: a motion parameter reported by an activity sensor of an electronic device associated with the user, information obtained from a computing device other than the electronic device, information obtained from a cell phone tower or a GPS device, and self-reported user activity information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the user activity level is further determined in accordance with one or more predefined conversion criteria on the self-reported user activity information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user activity information is obtained from two or more electronic devices associated with the user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the in-application credit can be redeemed by the user for a credit that can be applied towards in-application purchases.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the in-application credit can be redeemed by the user for a coupon that can be applied towards out-of-application purchases.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the in-application credit can be redeemed for one of: a merchant credit, a discount voucher, a gift certificate, or a promotional credit.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: providing, to the user, one or more information items in accordance with the user activity level.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more information items include one of: promotional materials for sports equipments, exercise locations, activity providers, or dietary suggestions.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising converting a portion of the in-application credit for out-of-application purchases, wherein the out-of-application purchases are made with one or more service or product providers that are selected based on one or more selection criteria.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein a respective one of the one or more user activity types is one of: a low carbon emission activity, a green energy activity, a low energy consumption activity, a health promotion activity, a low-risk activity, or a low-danger activity.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the associated application is configured for execution on an electronic device associated with the user.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user is represented by an avatar in the associated application, and at least one characteristic associated with the avatar corresponds to a historical activity level of the user.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion parameter includes information indicating a manner of the user's finger movement in relation to an touch-sensitive surface of the electronic device associated with the user.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: reporting the in-application credit to a second computing device for book-keeping, sharing or synchronization.

16. A method comprising: at an electronic device having, an activity sensor, one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors: identifying a motion parameter reported by the activity sensor; computing a user activity level of a user of the electronic device based at least in part on the motion parameter; determining one or more user activity types that the user is or has been involved in based at least in part on the motion parameter, wherein the motion parameter includes information indicating a manner of activity or movement the user is involved in, and the manner of the activity or the movement the user is involved in includes one or more of: an acceleration associated with the activity or the movement, a direction or orientation associated wit the activity or the movement, or a type of environment in which the activity or the movement takes place; and computing an in-application credit based at least in part on the determined user activity level and the determined one or more activity types, wherein the in-application credit can be redeemed by the user in an associated application.

17. An electronic device, comprising: one or more processors; memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for: obtaining user activity information, wherein the user activity information at least includes a motion parameter reported by an activity sensor of an electronic device associated with the user; determining a user activity level of the user according to the user activity information; determining one or more user activity types in which the user is or has been involved in accordance with the user activity information including the motion parameter, wherein the motion parameter includes information indicating a manner of activity or movement the user is involved in, and the manner of the activity or the movement the user is involved in includes one or more of: an acceleration associated with the activity or the movement, a direction or orientation associated with the activity or the movement, or a type of environment in which the activity or the movement takes places; and computing an in-application credit based at least in part on the determined user activity level an the determined one or more user activity types, wherein the in-application credit can be redeemed by the user in an associated application.